Gu Su Shi Jing Jiang Ji

Author: Gu Suo Jiang; Ye Jiyang Notes; Gu Zijing Edits
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Professor Ye Jiyang is a renowned scholar both in China and abroad. Gu Suo, as her mentor, has had an undeniable influence on her life and academic pursuits. The eight notebooks of lectures by Gu Suo have long been regarded by Ye as the cornerstone of her academic career. This volume, Gu Suo’s Lectures on Poetry, is compiled based on Professor Ye’s classroom notes from the 1940s. Gu Zijing, the daughter of Gu Suo, has also added and supplemented over 10,000 new words from newly discovered notes by Ye, including works such as Summer in Ancient Poetry and On the Poetry of Zhu Shan. The lectures encompass Gu Suo’s spontaneous discussions on the subtleties of poetry in the classroom, as well as specialized analyses of poets’ works. Gu’s extraordinary sensitivity to poetry and profound insights are entirely inspired, unrestrained by external influences, and free from reliance on existing knowledge. "Whenever knowledge that can be found in books, such as what falls under the category of memorization-based learning, is concerned, the professor rarely lectured on it. Instead, he taught what he himself had experienced and grasped through his erudition, sharp intuition, deep reflection, and extensive reading and creative practice—the true essence and profound meanings of poetry—and conveyed them through various analogies, with meticulous and in-depth clarity."